Opportunities To Get Involved With King’s College Hospital Trust

Join the Annual members’ meeting on Thursday 30 September from 6 pm (online)

The Trust’s Annual Members’ Meeting is taking place on Thursday 30 September,6-7.30 pm. This year’s meeting will be held virtually – using Microsoft Teams – and is open to anyone with an interest in the Trust, and the services we provide for patients and local communities.

 During the meeting, you will hear from Hugh Taylor, Chairman and Professor Clive Kay, Chief Executive who will talk about the highlights and challenges of the past 12 months, including the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 There will be sharing of the annual accounts, and also a short update from Jane Allberry, Lead Governor.

 At the meeting, there will also be an opportunity to put a question to the Trust’s executive team. You can either submit a question in advance by emailing: kch-tr.FTO@nhs.net – or you can submit your question during the meeting using the online Question and answer function.

 There is no need to book, and you can join the event from anywhere – on a computer, tablet or smartphone. Simply follow this link at 6 pm on Thursday 30 September.

 This is the link to the meeting: KCH ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING LINK.

 For further information, please contact the Foundation Trust Office on 020 3299 8785 or visit the website. 

King’s launches new strategy 2021-2026 – Local roots; global reach – find out more and how you can help

Read the new strategy here, built from the ground up, listening to what you have to say about the priorities.  More than 4,500 staff, patients and other members of the community have shared their experiences to help King’s found out what is important and what should be the focus in the future. Using this feedback, our vision is to be bold:

·        Brilliant people

·        Outstanding care

·        Leaders in research, innovation and education

·        Diversity, equality and inclusion at the heart of everything we do

King’s now want to involve local people to advise on how they can best deliver the strategy – and what is most important to tackle first. If you are interested in taking part in any online discussions or sharing your advice by email or phone, please contact – details above.

More ways to get involved at King’s

 There are always opportunities for patients and local people to help King’s – so if in doubt, get in touch and they can match you to a project where your advice will help! Just contact: kch-tr.KingsPPI@nhs.net.  

Creating King’s acute medical unit – can you help? 

To improve the flow of patients coming into the hospital at Denmark Hill, King’s is creating an acute medical unit – to help patients see specialists they need faster if they need urgent care. If you care for an older person, have a long term condition or sometimes needs acute medical care for your condition, please share your experiences. We want to make sure the new unit takes account of what matters to you when you are very unwell.

Outpatient improvement group

Do you come to outpatients appointments at King’s? Interested in sharing your experiences and helping them to improve communication and clinic environments? Please get in touch!

Patient information group

King’s produces lots of information for patients – but some of the leaflets and letters can become easier for patients to understand. If you would like to be part of a new group of patients who can comment on new patient information –contact King’s.  If you only have time to help occasionally please still contact King’s!

11-16 years? Join King’s Young People’s Forum

If you or someone you care for is 11-16 years and uses King’s – get involved in creating Young People’s Forum. Great experience and a chance to meet other young people making a difference to their services. Follow this link to sign up securely – need a parent/carer’s contact details. https://bit.ly/2Tt8i9s

Food and nutrition group

King’s are still looking for more patients and carers/family members to help us with a programme to improve the provision of food and drink for our patients. They would particularly like to hear from people who have particular dietary needs and from people from black and minority ethnic communities. If you are interested and would like to hear more please email: kch-tr.KingsPPI@nhs.net

Patient stories and blogs

If you have time to share your story or write a blog, you may be able to help us with staff training. King’s are always on the lookout for patients and carers telling us what was good or not so good about their experience of King’s – to use in staff training. You might also like to join a training session or share your story at one of our online meetings? You don’t have to give your name and we will support you to share your experience. Interested? Please do get in touch?